Research indicates that up to one  third of the disciplinary actions taken by Medical Boards are related to  misprescribing practices. Common problematic behaviors include inappropriately  dispensing controlled substances from office practices, prescribing overly  large doses or quantities of drugs to individual patients, prescribing at  too-frequent intervals, and/or failing to document completely (or at all) the  rationale for treatment. Misprescribing also includes writing scripts for  family members, friends, or known drug addicts (before other forms of therapy  have been tried). The UF College of Medicine is  pleased to be able to offer a 3-day CME course, originally developed by Dr.  Andy Spickard and his colleagues at Vanderbilt Medical Center, which was  designed to address misprescribing issues.

Course website:

http://www.ufcme.info/Misprescribing.html

Course description:

Course Outline 

For more information on this or other programs please call: 352-265-5300 or email marthabrown@ufl.edu

Faculty:

World-renowned experts are invited to address a wide spectrum of specialties and sub-specialties and often introduce new and interesting developments.

The objective of the program is to update physicians and healthcare personnel on developing trends and techniques in medicine.

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When? Watch on your lunch hour…

Fridays from 12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
University of Florida DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain Institute (LG-101A),
1149 South Newell Drive, Gainesville, Florida.

For Physicians

• Accreditation: The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

• Credit: The University of Florida College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

• Contact Terry Lemesh at tjlemesh@ufl.edu  to receive your CME credits

• Click here to open and print – NEW CME GR form